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Aontroim

Paróiste

Dunaghy

Dunaghy

37

Bailte Fearainn

4,062

Taifid Daonáirimh

877

Teaghlaigh

2

Bliana Daonáirimh

1901 Daonáireamh
Daoine
1,541
Teaghlaigh
322
1911 Daonáireamh
Daoine
2,521 +63.6%
Teaghlaigh
555 +72.4%

Maidir Liom

DUNAGHY, a parish, in the barony of KILCONWAY, county of ANTRIM, and province of ULSTER, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Broughshane; containing 3451 inhabitants. It comprises, according to the Ordnance survey, 13,743 ¼ statute acres, of which 12,040 are applotted under the tithe act; about one-sixth is irreclaimable mountain and bog, one-fourth rough mountain pasture, a twelfth, pasture of a better quality, and one half, arable land. Towards the east the hills attain a mountainous elevation; the highest are those of Moneyduff and Ballyboggy. A great portion of the summits of the hills towards the north is unprofitable; but nearer their base they afford good pasture to young cattle during the summer. Along the banks of the Ravel and Altakeerag are considerable tracts of low meadow land, subject to floods from the former river which pours down with great rapidity. The females are employed in spinning, and the males, in addition to their agricultural pursuits, in weaving coarse linens and calico.

The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Connor, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £311. 18. 7 ¼. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £350 and a loan of £450 from the late Board of First Fruits in 1816; the glebe comprises 25 acres. The church, a small edifice with an open belfry turret, occupies an elevated site. In the R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district called Glenravel, and comprises Dunaghy and Skerry, in each of which is a chapel; the chapel for this parish, a neat edifice, is at Glenravel, near the bridge over the Ravel. There is a place of worship in the village of Clough for Presbyterians in connection with the Synod of Ulster, of the first class.

There are two public schools, in which are about 260 children, and three Sunday schools. There are several Danish forts, of which the most remarkable are, one on the hill of Dungonnell, two on Dunbought, and one nearly effaced on Carnbeg, in levelling which were found an urn, a small statue, a cross, and some silver coins. There are many sepulchral monuments in the churchyard, among which those of the Crawford and Hamilton families are the most remarkable. Corby Rock is a bold precipice forming the termination of a hill; it is covered with ivy and washed at its base by the Ravel.

Source: Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)

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Aontroim

Barúntacht

Coill Chonmhaí

Bailte Fearainn

37 baile fearainn

Luacháil Griffith

Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann (timpeall 1830idí-1850idí)

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Taifeadadh 166 sealbhóir i Luacháil Griffith ar fud 29 baile fearainn (1830idí-1850idí).

Príomhshloinnte

Purdon 34 Brassington 34 Nicholson 34 Strachan 4 Hood 4 Cupples 3 Johnson 3 Hastings 3 Stewart 3 Forsythe 2

Foinse: Leabhair Oifig na Luachála, Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann. Taifid phoiblí.

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Dunaghy
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Taifid Daonáirimh

Bailte Fearainn 37